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Newspapers and other news sources from Ohio, the U.S. and around the world.
Access World News is a comprehensive resource that includes more than 8,000 news publications from nearly 200 countries worldwide. These sources include major national and international newspapers, as well as local and regional titles. Access World News is updated daily and includes deep archives that provide background information on important topics.
Get full-text coverage of the Columbus Dispatch from 1871 to the present.
Index of news articles of local interest from 1960-1997 and obituaries from 1931-1997.
Provides age-appropriate content on topics including animals, arts, geography, social studies, technology and more.
Search books, magazines, news articles, videos and more using this kid-friendly resource. Elementary in Context provides authoritative sources appropriate for elementary school students with an interface that makes research educational and fun.
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Explora Primary provides rich, reliable information for primary school student research and tools for educators. Search or browse a wide array of topics with high-quality articles, videos and more. Explora also features full-text translation in over 30 languages for many articles and text-to-speech for struggling readers.
Find articles, essays and primary source documents on a variety of topics with easy-to-browse categories.
Explora for Public Libraries provides access to reliable content from the popular magazines and research collections on thousands of topics to help you find information quickly and easily. Search or browse hundreds of professional journals, popular magazines, reference books, images, primary sources, and more by keyword or by topic.
Student research tool for grades 6 through 12.
Explora Secondary provides rich, reliable information for secondary school student research and tools for educators. Search or browse a wide array of topics with high-quality articles, videos and more. Explora also features full-text translation in over 30 languages for many articles and the ability to filter content for specific Lexile reading levels.
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Research events, culture and daily life in nineteenth century America through a variety of newspapers.
Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers provides an as-it-happened window on events, culture, and daily life in nineteenth-century America that is of interest to both professional and general researchers. With 1.8 million pages available, the collection features publications of all kinds, from the political party newspapers at the beginning of the nineteenth century to the mammoth dailies that shaped the nation at the century's end.
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Provides access to more than 7,000 newspapers and magazines, including the Columbus Dispatch.
Choose from a huge selection of newspapers and magazines on business, technology, news, science, design, sport, travel, and more.
Find articles, 2002 to present, from suburban Columbus newspapers.
Full-text newspapers, including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post & Chicago Tribune.
U.S. Newsstream enables users to search same-day U.S. news content, as well as archives that stretch back into the 1980s. This collection delivers full-text news sources including The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and the Chicago Tribune.
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